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UAAP women's Final Four: UP survives UST in OT to force do-or-die

Published Nov 22, 2023 07:13 am

At A Glance

  • Birthday girl Favour Onoh and Louna Ozar showed the way as University of the Philippines hacked out an 88-80 overtime win over University of Santo Tomas to drag their Final Four series to a rubber match in the UAAP Season 86 women's basketball Final Four on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

Birthday girl Favour Onoh and Louna Ozar showed the way as University of the Philippines hacked out an 88-80 overtime win over University of Santo Tomas to drag their Final Four series to a rubber match in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball Final Four on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

Onoh, turning 18 today, gifted herself an opportunity to bring UP back to the finals, finishing with a league-record 30 rebounds in both men’s and women’s tournaments since the UAAP began tracking individual stats in 2003 to go along with 14 points. 

Ozar, for her part, carried out a team-high 25 points, while Kaye Pesquera and Rhea Sanchez had 16 and 12 markers, respectively. 

It was UP’s first playoff win since 2008 which was also its last finals appearance in the tournament. 

Down 25-45 a few minutes before the break, the Fighting Maroons went on a huge 21-0 surge capped by Onoh’s jumper to snatch the lead at the 7:20 mark of the third quarter. 

Both squads engaged in a nip-and-tuck affair in the final period that saw the game knotted at 72-all at the end of regulation. 

Tantoy Ferrer opened the scoring in the extra time with a triple, but Rhea Sanchez quickly fired one back to put the match in its last deadlock of 75-all. 

UP then regained complete control after a telling 10-2 run en route to the victory. 

“I’m so proud of them. They showed resiliency, grit kanina. It’s no joke to come back from a 20-point deficit against a very, very experienced, well-coached team like UST. We were just happy that we stuck together. We started with defense and we gained momentum and finally, during that third quarter, we were able to connect on the outside,” said UP head coach Paul Ramos. 

Jane Pastrana paced the Growling Tigresses with a double-double of her own, delivering 29 points and 11 rebounds in the losing effort.  

The  Fighting Maroons will take on the Growling Tigresses in Game 2 of the best-of-three semifinal series on Saturday, Nov. 25 with the winner facing eight-peat-seeking National University Lady Bulldogs in the championship. 

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